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Liz G
@lizzoom.bsky.social
I'm a multitasker, gardener, bossy boots & think I know everything. I sing with @NewEghamSingers. Views are mine, happy to share.
Apparently, I'm not as thin as I think I am.

DMs are off, so please don't waste your time following me if that's your aim.
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Thinking about the weekend?

This weekend the February Snowdrop Sundays begin, and across the region carpets of white mark the coming of Spring...

Look out for an event near you
From snowdrop to nightjar – how one Norfolk scientist’s valuable record of spring lasted 222 years
Robert Marsham’s “Indications of Spring” is an incredible 222-year record of flora and fauna events that still informs climate studies today
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Seed sowing today: chillis, sweet peppers, 2 types of aubergine, & 2 of broad beans.

Snowdrops crocuses and hellebores making their presence known in the garden. Plus, the appearance of Bird of Paradise blooms nos 4 and 5 of 7 buds. #UKGarden #SignsOfSpring #Allotment #Tropical
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Perfect 🧵
As an ex e-learning developer, I can confidently say this will be a terrible learning experience. I cannot wait to rip it to shreds.

Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵

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BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Seen in Los Angeles

(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Squiggle helping spot the different species for @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdWatch. 15 listed including Jay, Long- tailed Tit and Ring Necked Parakeets. Sadly no sparrows #CatsOfBlueSky #UK
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I grew this #BirdOfParadise from seed 25 years ago. It didn't flower until 13th year but has produced up to 6 blooms each year since then. It stays outside between March & November when I bring it indoors. I still haven't got round to putting googly eyes on them yet 🙃 #BirdOfParadise #UK #Tropical
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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guys send your names to the moon. you get a boarding pass. with your name on. its the simple things

www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
NASA: Artemis
Artemis is the name of NASA's program to return astronauts to the lunar surface. We are going forward to the Moon to stay.
www3.nasa.gov
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!

And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Thank goodness I'm not Angela Raynor, otherwise the press would have hounded me out of office.
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.

Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 80,000 signatures!

Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed today!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Great to learn today that a new mineral has been named after #MaryAnning. Anningite-Ce (Ca0.5Ce4+0.5)(VO4) was identified, appropriately, in a coprolite from the Cretaceous Gara Samani Formation in Algeria.
www.mindat.org/min-471626.h...
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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came back to bsky to share some advice from a medieval French courtesy manual:

"If you have a beautiful chest and a beautiful neck do not cover them up but your dress should be low cut so that everyone can gaze and gape after them".
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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"For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026."
by Amanda Gorman
January 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Something lovely for the weekend!

The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.

This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!

Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪

[Vertical video so needs a click]

#sillyswan #iphone15pro
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM